I loved 'Garden spells' so I am very much looking forward to read this one! :-)

Emily Benedict came to Mullaby, North Carolina, hoping to solve at least some of the riddles surrounding her mother's life. But the moment Emily enters the house where her mother grew up and meets the grandfather she never knew, she realises that mysteries aren't solved in Mullaby, they're a way of life. Here are rooms where the wallpaper changes to suit your mood. Unexplained lights skip across the yard at midnight. And a neighbour, Julia Winterson, bakes hope in the form of cakes, offering them to satisfy the town's sweet tooth - but also in the hope of rekindling a love she fears might be lost forever. Can a hummingbird cake really bring back a lost love? Is there really a ghost dancing in Emily's backyard? The answers are never what you expect. But in this town of lovable misfits, the unexpected fits right in. (amazon)

that was nice as well...
I just like her style!

this book is now with me to be read.

There are 3 books in front of this one, so it may take a while.

There were things I really loved about this book, and there were things I really didn't like about this book. Mainly, I loved Addison Allen's descriptions of both the normal (the small town, the brown leaves, the lake, etc) and the magical elements (Win's warmth, Stella's husband's black powdery soot left on the legs and necks of other women, Sawyer seeing/sensing sweets, the wallpaper, etc). She has an amazing ability to bring the reader in with those senses and it's easy to see and feel everything the characters do.
The storylines weren't original - half the novel ripped off Twilight. A teenage boy named Win, along with the other males in his family never leave the house at night because of a freakish skin condition (no they don't sparkle, they glow in the dark, though that's not far off) and Win has a habit of sneaking into the bedroom of the girl he likes at night to watch her sleep. That was creepy and stalkerish in Twilight and it's still creepy and stalkerish now!

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book arrived yesterday - thank you!